Inventor
WHETSEL LEE D
US842 patents
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TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC
48 patentsUS7571364B2Aug 4, 2009
Selectable JTAG or trace access with data store and output
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC55 citations99
US6804725B1Oct 12, 2004
IC with state machine controlled linking module
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC75 citations99
US6763488B2Jul 13, 2004
Generator/compactor scan circuit low power adapter with counter
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC109 citations99
US6408413B1Jun 18, 2002
Hierarchical access of test access ports in embedded core integrated circuits
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC148 citations99
US6199182B1Mar 6, 2001
Probeless testing of pad buffers on wafer
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC131 citations99
US6073254AJun 6, 2000
Selectively accessing test access ports in a multiple test access port environment
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC177 citations99
US5483518AJan 9, 1996
Addressable shadow port and protocol for serial bus networks
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC170 citations99
US9746517B2Aug 29, 2017
IC interposer with TAP controller and output boundary scan cell
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC36 citations98
US8977919B2Mar 10, 2015
Scan, test, and control circuits coupled to IC surfaces contacts
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC34 citations98
US6643810B2Nov 4, 2003
Integrated circuits carrying intellectual property cores and test ports
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC113 citations98
US6378093B1Apr 23, 2002
Controller for scan distributor and controller architecture
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC85 citations98
US6324662B1Nov 27, 2001
TAP and linking module for scan access of multiple cores with IEEE 1149.1 test access ports
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC103 citations98
US5056093AOct 8, 1991
System scan path architecture
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC132 citations98
US6894308B2May 17, 2005
IC with comparator receiving expected and mask data from pads
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC61 citations97
US6717429B2Apr 6, 2004
IC having comparator inputs connected to core circuitry and output pad
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC64 citations97
US8020057B2Sep 13, 2011
Comparator circuitry connected to input and output of tristate buffer
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC24 citations96
US7877653B2Jan 25, 2011
Address and TMS gating circuitry for TAP control circuit
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC25 citations96
US7613970B2Nov 3, 2009
TAP domain selection circuit with AUXI/O1 or TDI lead
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC25 citations96
US7529996B2May 5, 2009
DDR input interface to IC test controller circuitry
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC28 citations96
US7519884B2Apr 14, 2009
TAM controller for plural test access mechanisms
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC21 citations96
US7493535B2Feb 17, 2009
JTAG circuit transferring data between devices on TCK terminals
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC19 citations96
US7421633B2Sep 2, 2008
Controller receiving combined TMS/TDI and suppyling separate TMS and TDI
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC24 citations96
US7395471B2Jul 1, 2008
Connection of auxiliary circuitry to tap and instruction register controls
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC23 citations96
US7284170B2Oct 16, 2007
JTAG circuit transferring data between devices on TMS terminals
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC25 citations96
US7200783B2Apr 3, 2007
Removable and replaceable TAP domain selection circuitry
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC34 citations96
US7155646B2Dec 26, 2006
Tap and test controller with separate enable inputs
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC28 citations96
US7051257B2May 23, 2006
Means scanning scan path parts sequentially and capturing response simultaneously
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC38 citations96
US7003707B2Feb 21, 2006
IC tap/scan test port access with tap lock circuitry
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC33 citations96
US6877122B2Apr 5, 2005
Link instruction register providing test control signals to core wrappers
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC35 citations96
US6779133B2Aug 17, 2004
IC with two state machines connected to serial scan path
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC32 citations96
US6769080B2Jul 27, 2004
Scan circuit low power adapter with counter
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC50 citations96
US6763485B2Jul 13, 2004
Position independent testing of circuits
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC48 citations96
US6727722B2Apr 27, 2004
Process of testing a semiconductor wafer of IC dies
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC52 citations96
US6711707B2Mar 23, 2004
Process of controlling plural test access ports
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC47 citations96
US6646460B2Nov 11, 2003
Parallel scan distributors and collectors and process of testing integrated circuits
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC33 citations96
US6590225B2Jul 8, 2003
Die testing using top surface test pads
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC26 citations96
US6560734B1May 6, 2003
IC with addressable test port
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC68 citations96
US6499070B1Dec 24, 2002
Circuitry and method of transferring parallel and serial data
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC71 citations96
US6442721B2Aug 27, 2002
Accelerating scan test by re-using response data as stimulus data
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC46 citations96
US6405335B1Jun 11, 2002
Position independent testing of circuits
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC53 citations96
US6262587B1Jul 17, 2001
Semiconductor wafer with connecting leads between the dies
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC33 citations96
US6242269B1Jun 5, 2001
Parallel scan distributors and collectors and process of testing integrated circuits
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC68 citations96
US6223315B1Apr 24, 2001
IP core design supporting user-added scan register option
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC55 citations96
US6189115B1Feb 13, 2001
Boundary scan input output serializer (BIOS) circuit
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC33 citations96
US6046600AApr 4, 2000
Process of testing integrated circuit dies on a wafer
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC86 citations96
US6006343ADec 21, 1999
Method and apparatus for streamlined testing of electrical circuits
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC40 citations96
US5994912ANov 30, 1999
Fault tolerant selection of die on wafer
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC61 citations96
US5969538AOct 19, 1999
Semiconductor wafer with interconnect between dies for testing and a process of testing
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC56 citations96
WHETSEL LEE D
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